"The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration our growth is limited to our own perspectives." Robert John Meehan

Friday, January 2, 2015

It does not take wealth or the brains of a rocket scientist to engage our own children in the essential early literacy skills...

It does not take wealth or the brains of a rocket scientist to engage children in the essential early literacy skills.
It may not be as much "fun" as clubbing, chill'n, or watching Jerry
Springer, but at least parents should be making an effort to put their own children in the position for a better future in school. A box of crayons, paper
and a library card are all the materials needed.

Poverty is no excuse! Wealth is not necessary to make the right
choices to get children prepared for school. The best schools and the
best teachers are already hard pressed trying to get other people's children caught up. Don't count on your child to be the main focus of an already over burdened public school system..

The American Library Association has identified these six key skills that will prepare children to become readers when they enter school:

A few notes from our editor:

Robert
John Meehan's passion for the children and teachers in today's schools
has made him one of the nation's most popular educator/poets. His
understanding and compassion for the teaching profession has
established Robert John Meehan as one of the nation's leading poetic
voices for the American teacher.

Robert John Meehan's depth of experience as an inner-city teacher for a
period covering four decades is deeply embodied in his writing. His
ability to share the joy, sorrows and at times the horror of teaching in
our inner-city schools is brought to the forefront of each of his
selections. His position of respect by his peers in the teaching
profession is unmatched by any of today's educational expositors.

Robert John Meehan's
insight into the heart and soul of both teacher and student tugs at our
emotions like no other writer can. Once you have joined his journey
into today's classrooms you will see why Robert John Meehan has
become one of the most quoted educators.